Looking for people who have cruised in the past few months to give a report here. What was good? Bad? Hard?


I'll start.
I took a Pacific Coastal cruise on HAL's Konigsdam Nov. 7.
The lack of people on board was delightful (capacity is still somewhat limited by CDC for US waters). Below is a picture of the pool area in the afternoon on an AT SEA day. Never a problem finding a chair!
Crew was always masked.

Here's a few key points.

• Provide proof of vaccination
• Provide negative Covid results within 2 days of sailing.
• Wear masks when indoors (except in cabin dining, drinking). There was very high compliance with this.
• HAL had a gift of a HAL mask for each guest.
• Several itinerary changes occurred prior to the cruise due to local restrictions.
• We arrived a bit early for check-in and were waived through. It was quite efficient. First, check in the show Covid vaccination card, then negative results, and of course boarding card.
• Muster drill has been replaced with: 1) Watch saftey video in your cabin and 2) Check-in to your muster location so they know you know where it is. Big improvement!
• No nightly turn-down service. If you call for more towels, etc. they came immediately. Only downside to me is you have to find a place to get your little chocolates.
• Crew was delightful. Most expressed happiness to be working again.